In response to the interest of forming a year round farm market cooperative, Braintree is hosting an informational session on cooperative development.  This information session will discuss;

1) What is a cooperative?
2) Why are cooperatives established?
3) What is the legal structure of a cooperative?
4) Who may join a cooperative?
5) When is a cooperative not the best answer?

Braintree Business Development Center
201 E 5th Street
Mansfield OH 44902

Please register here

Management Leadership Series

Applying the Triple Bottom Line to your Future

Andrew Savitze

February 16, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Join us via video-teleconference as TechSolve partners with MTSBDC, Braintree and North Central State College for the next new session of the FREE Management Leadership Series season with Andrew Savitz, a creative business leader, advisor and author. TechSolve's Management Leadership Series features industry experts who address the common issues facing today's manufacturers. February's speaker, Andrew Savitz, is the author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too. This groundbreaking book charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievement.

Mr. Savitz will provide insight into both the real problems companies face and innovative solutions that can come from sustainability. Register now to hear Mr. Savitz present practical advice to executives, managers, and companies on how to develop a blueprint for a sustainable, profitable future in today's era of environmental and social pressures.

Management Leadership Series
February 16, 2012
Breakfast and Networking: 8:00 a.m.
Event: 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location:
North Central State College
2441 Kenwood Circle
Mansfield, Ohio 44906
Fallerius Building - Room 127

Register: Online at www.techsolve.org/events

Cost: Free but please pre-register.

The Small Business Development Center of Ohio (SBDC) program is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBDC program is also funded in part by the Ohio Department of Development. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.

caffeinated ideas

Caffeinated Ideas is growing and expanding. Please join us at the Braintree Business Development Center as we provide an atmosphere and forum where entrepreneurs can test out ideas in front of a group of helpful professionals across an array of industries. These resource people will help refine the entrepreneur's idea and shape the business model in a way that saves the entrepreneur vital time and money in the normal trial and error learning process.

We will continue to entertain and explore your ideas no matter what stage the concept is in.  Bring your ideas and let us help you explore how to bring your to market.  Our goal is to develop more of your ideas into marketable products.

No cost to attend.

"Tax Issues in Agribusiness, Farming and other Small Business"

Presented by Bill Harvey of Whitcomb & Hess CPAs

The increasing complexity of tax regulations continues to pose a challenge to individuals and businesses of all sizes. There are provisions specific to agriculture and additional complexities involved in export sales, that can have a serious impact on the profitability of operations. Before it is too late, join us as Bill Harvey, from Whitcomb & Hess CPAs and Investment Advisors of Ashland, gives us an overview of relevant tax provisions with an emphasis on recent changes that could impact you or your clients.

Bill is a partner with Whitcomb & Hess and joined the firm in 1983. He is responsible for financial reporting quality control and specializes in financial accounting, corporate and personal income tax preparation, and product costing for manufacturers. He has taught accounting classes for Ashland University, North Central State College in Mansfield and The Ohio State University Mansfield. Founded in 1983, by Jim Hess and the late Ed Whitcomb, the firm is a full service accounting and tax preparation provider that also has a competent staff of financial and business advisors

Join us at Buehler's Fresh Food Market -1055 Sugarbush Drive, Ashland, OH 44805 (Route 250 West of Interstate 71)

A breakfast buffet will be served. Your cost to attend this breakfast and presentation is just $5.

Please use this link to register.